Nicholas Warlin

Comm 1020-404
April 12, 2019
Shirene McKay
Audience Connection (hook, pathos, ethos, logos)
I felt that between the two speeches, my hook for my persuasive speech came across
as stronger. It conveyed more pathos to the audience, and it sounded smoother
because I didn’t use a quote and didn’t have to source it at the end like I did in my
informative speech. Both of my hooks were about relevant dangers to health, but I feel
like my introduction about opioid related deaths was more unknown and generated a
greater response of shock from the audience. I felt like my ethos was better established
in my persuasive speech because I communicated that I’m a pharmacy technician and I
have lots of experience in the field with opioids, whereas in my informative speech I
didn’t have any professional relation to the subject and it showed. It was more of a
hobby, and I feel like that alone took away from my credibility as other people were
wondering why I was speaking about technology in cars. In both speeches, I feel like my
speech was full of statistics and relevant logos. All my quotes generated a strong
response with the audience kept the audience engaged.
Organizational Pattern (introduction, preview, conclusion, signposts, transitions,
support material, flow, word choice)
Listening to both speeches again, I feel like my persuasive speech was much more
composed. I paused way less and had a general idea of what the structure of my
speech was before giving it. It made me look much more relaxed and professional
because I wasn’t looking down at my flashcards every few seconds like I was in my
informative speech. I liked my introduction from my persuasive speech because I
quoted a lot of statistics from the CDC that made my topic sound important, and it really
worked for the audience. My introduction for my informative speech was a bit awkward
because I cited a source and threw myself off. I previewed my points well in my
informative speech, stating why opioids are better than most other therapies instead of
discrediting them. I used lots of signposts such as next, however, also, etc. My
transitions were mostly “next, I will talk about” but they were all there. I feel like my
informative speech was organized, but I forgot to use signposts and transitions and got
lost in the process and spent time searching on my flashcards. Both speeches had
about the same level of word choice. My persuasive speech flowed way better than my
informative speech because I looked over the material much more than I did for my
informative speech.
Citations and (were claims supported by research, were quotes and
Claims paraphrases cited, was the credibility or sources explained)
All my claims in both speeches had at least one quote of statistics related to them, so I
had some evidence to back up all of my points in both speeches. I however forgot the
cite my sources in both of my speeches, or only cited one source out of many. I started
out my informative speech with a quote but didn’t source after that since it ruined my
flow to state the source as I used it as my hook. My persuasive speech had a whole
bunch of statistics at once, and I cited them all at the beginning, but didn’t cite after that.
I did however explain the pathos of my sources, what the author was responding to with
their research, and what made the author credible.
Visual Aid (design, way it was used)
I think my visual aid was much improved from my draft in my persuasive speech, but
still didn’t convey the message I had with my poster board from my informational
speech. My poster board was really something special in my opinion since I feel like I
did everything right. Most people didn’t understand why my topic was important until I
explained the technology distracted driving pictures on my poster board. My PowerPoint
for my persuasive speech was good, but it really just kept flow with my speech, and I
forgot about it and didn’t really need it.
Appearance (clothes, hair, accessories, posture)
My physical appearance for both speeches was equal, so there was really no
comparison between the two speeches besides remembering to wear my tie clip and
wear a nicer tie. My hair was conservatively cut and short so there was no hair in my
face. I forgot my apple watch during my second speech, but it didn’t matter and
probably made me look a little nicer. My posture during my persuasive speech was
much better since I wasn’t as nervous. I stood up straight and held my ground, while
seeming upright and open to the audience.
Delivery (gestures, body movement, eye contact, stance, vocal
qualities pitch, pause, fillers, projection, variation)
My gestures for both speeches was lacking in my opinion, but I used way more gestures
in my persuasive speech. During my informative speech, I clenched to my flashcards
and didn’t use any hand gestures, while my persuasive speech I used gestures to show
the size of stack of controlled prescriptions that my pharmacy fills, I waved my hand to
my audience when I asked a question or was looking for a response. My eye contact
was much better in my persuasive speech since I didn’t look at my flashcards as much
and knew my material better, and I was more confident in my delivery. My stance was
upright and professional in both speeches. My vocal qualities were good in both
speeches, as I had good projection and had different pitch in my voice when I was
emphasizing important points or phrases. I had less fillers in my persuasive speech.
Strengths (mannerisms, style)
I believe the strengths I brought to both speeches was a whole bunch of statistics and
knowledge about my subject that intrigued my audience and kept them engaged. I tried
to take a different stance on my speeches than the usual opioid medication problem or
distracted driving problems, and I tried to add views from both arguments.
Anxiety Levels
and Management

Speech Felt Level of Perceived Level

Informative Anxiety of Anxiety

8 4
Speech
Persuasive 5 2